Chapter 225 Rolling Bearings

Although it is very expensive to use for steelmaking, the magic alchemy furnace can melt metals at very high temperatures and is very convenient to use. Even though it is much more expensive than steelmaking in an earthen blast furnace, it is also suitable for research on metal materials.

After the magic alchemy furnace was built, Richard immediately established the Metal Materials Research Institute.

He personally served as the director of the institute, made Butler an independent researcher, and found two magic apprentices and several students who graduated from Henan Primary School to build the framework of the Metal Research Institute.

Then the Metal Research Institute, in accordance with Richard's requirements, began to study various alloy processes.

There are iron ore in the Harland territory, and some associated minerals such as manganese, tin, chromium, and zinc can be found. In addition, some copper ingots can be purchased from the Duke of Jonathan.

There are enough materials for experiments, and the first two classic alloys to be made are copper-tin alloy and manganese-iron alloy.

Alloy technology has always existed in the Dawn Plane, but the alloy is made with a magic alchemy furnace, which not only has low output but also very high cost. It can only be used to cast some key parts, such as gears and bearings.

Several of the great nobles in the Kingdom of Grant have mastered the alloy technology of copper-tin alloy, aluminum alloy, etc., and can manufacture some bronze and aluminum products with superior performance.

Richard discovered very early that some of the craftsmanship of the Kingdom of Grant was higher than that of the Middle Ages, and some was even lower than that of the Middle Ages.

Because of the magic alchemy furnace, the alloy technology of the Dawn Plane has developed rapidly, and many have reached the level of the seventeenth century.

The performance of the super magic alloy produced by the magic alchemist even exceeds that of the twenty-first century. The only disadvantage is that the output is too low and not universal.

Although the Harland Territory has blast furnace ironmaking and crucible steelmaking technology, it has been producing low-end products. In the past few years, it could not produce various alloys and needed to purchase some gears and bearings from outside every year.

Now with the magic alchemy furnace, manganese iron alloy has been produced, and most metal parts can be produced by themselves, which will save more money.

In addition, Richard is also preparing to manufacture rolling bearings. Today, the craftsmanship level of the Harland Territory can actually manufacture rolling bearings.

Cages, balls, and steel rings can be cast by molten steel and then polished manually. Although the manufacturing cost is higher, they can bring great efficiency improvement when used in some key parts.

After using rolling bearings, the efficiency of vehicles will be greatly improved, and the manufacture of four-wheeled carriages can also be put on the agenda.

If rubber tires are added, a four-wheeled carriage can carry several tons of cargo.

A small number of four-wheeled carriages have appeared in Nolan, the capital of the Grant Kingdom. There are mature designs that can be copied, and the difficulty of manufacturing four-wheeled carriages is not high. However, most of the Harland territory is mountainous terrain, which is more suitable for two-wheeled carriages.

The Grant Kingdom does not have a patent law. Once the rolling bearing is successfully manufactured, it is not difficult to copy the appearance. As long as you are willing to invest a certain amount of gold coins, you can successfully copy it.

The key difficulty is to manufacture wear-resistant manganese-iron alloys and iron-chromium alloys. If you want to master the proportion of the alloy, you still need to smelt the metal many times and invest a lot of cost.

At least in the few years when the rolling bearings were just manufactured, the Harland territory should be able to make a lot of money.

The production of rolling bearings is a great boost to the development of industry. In addition, the manufacture of four-wheeled carriages can not only be sold in Black River Fort, but also the caravans in Harland Territory can use four-wheeled carriages to transport goods in the plains, which will significantly improve the efficiency of transportation.

Even if the sale of carriages cannot bring too much profit to the territory, Richard has decided to promote the development of this industry.

This industry can bring thousands of gold coins to the territory in a year, which is considered very successful.

Because magic crystals are needed to provide energy, the cost of using magic alchemy furnaces is still very high.

Richard has always had an idea that he hopes to arrange a magic array that absorbs magic energy.

This kind of magic array is not uncommon in the Dawn Plane, but the cost of arrangement is very high.

The magic tower built by the Death Tower has a magic array at the bottom that gathers magic power.

However, if you want to arrange such a magic array, you need to use a magic core of a legendary monster as the core.

Such a high threshold makes it difficult to popularize the magic array. Only large magic organizations have the strength to build a magic array.

Such a magic array is also the core of the Mage Tower.

Through the magic knowledge he has mastered, Richard has had many discussions with magicians such as Sofia and Wendy.

In most areas of the Dawn Plane, the magic energy particles in nature are very thin. It is very difficult to gather the free magic energy particles. It is necessary to draw a large number of magic runes and use a lot of magic materials. The investment is at least several million gold coins.

Moreover, the efficiency of the magic rune array is not very high, and there is not much good prospect.

Even if the legendary magic core is used as the core to solve the problem of magic energy reserve, the energy absorbed by the magic tower every day is enough to release more than a dozen intermediate magic, which is not as good as two or three intermediate magicians.

The effect of this magic array is actually not as good as training a few magicians. There is a magic array with good efficiency in the spiritual space of the magician.

In addition to the magic array, if you want to make the magic energy of an area abundant, you need to find a magic well.

The magic well is a place where magic energy naturally gathers, which is equivalent to the spiritual vein in the world of cultivation. The magic wells in the Dawn Plane are basically controlled by large forces.

There are two magic wells in the Eagle Mountains, but unfortunately they are both controlled by legendary professionals. Relying on the strength of the Harland family, it is obviously impossible to seize the magic well from the legendary ogre and the legendary black dragon.

In the Grant Kingdom, only Nolan has a magic well, which is still controlled by the Grant Mage Association.

The magic power released by the magic well is strong or weak.

Through the information in the records, Richard knows that the magic power provided by the worse magic well is only equivalent to a 60-kilowatt diesel generator, which is about 300,000 degrees of electricity. The magic power provided by the better magic well is very large, equivalent to 6 billion degrees of electricity.

6 billion degrees of electricity consumption seems to be a lot, but in fact, a small town with some industrial and mining enterprises consumes more than 6 billion degrees of electricity a year.

There is only one magic well in the entire Dawn Continent that can provide magic power equivalent to 6 billion degrees of electricity, which is the Thousand Towers City, the capital of the Markholm Magic Kingdom.

Even the magic well controlled by the Holy Glorious Empire does not have such a large magic power.

For the Dawn Plane, mastering the magic well is the most advanced productivity. All large magic organizations choose to be established near the magic well.

Richard has never seen a magic well and does not know why the magic well is generated.

If this problem is figured out, he can try to artificially create a magic well.

If the use of magic benefits ordinary people, the Dawn Plane will develop into a developed magic civilization.

For the Harland Mage Association, studying the magic well is still a long way to go. Richard needs to do the things at hand first. In late September, the rolling bearing was finally successfully manufactured.

With the manufactured rolling bearing, the speed of the carriage is much faster, especially on the flat stone road, it is easy to pull thousands of kilograms of goods.

In addition, rolling bearings can also be used in many machines. With rolling bearings and alloy gears, the territory's industrial capacity has also been improved.

Because of the acquisition of the new territory, Richard sent a large number of exploration personnel to start exploring the minerals in the new territory.

Soon there was a new harvest, and a new iron ore was discovered. This is a companion ore. It not only contains a large amount of iron, but also zinc and tungsten. Through spectral research, new rare elements were found and added to the periodic table compiled by Richard.

Unfortunately, no super magic metal has been found in this vein for the time being. Although it is of great value, it is still not as important as Iron Mountain Castle to the Harland Territory.

Starting from mid-August, the demarcation of the new territory was completed. Richard moved all the slaves rescued in this war to the new territory.

The development of the new territory started almost from scratch. The main work in the first year was logging.

A large amount of wood was transported to important castles such as Black River Castle, Sophia Castle, Vick Castle, and Malte Castle through the river.

There are a large number of barracks in Graveson Castle for people to live in, which saved Richard a lot of money.

The key construction project of the territory this year is mainly the foundation excavation project of the Flower Castle.

There are a large number of wild roses and roses near the Flower Castle. Roses are useless, but roses can be used to make perfume.

It's just that perfume is something that only has a market in big cities.

According to the current situation of Chenxi's defense, the market is controlled by others. Even if perfume is produced, it may not make any profit. I'm afraid it can only make a little hard-earned money, and the bulk of the profit is eaten by the nobles in the capital.

After all, it is not a world of free trade. Local protectionism is extremely serious. There is no overall market in the same kingdom. The competition among the nobles in the kingdom in business is often accompanied by violent conflicts.

Rockefeller hired soldiers to assassinate business enemies, and DuPont invited the whole family of competitors to take a homemade plane. These barbaric capitalists are considered civilized people who pay attention to eating manners in the Chenxi Continent.

Look at the Harland family and the Sisse family. Because of the competition in the liquor trade, they actually fought a brutal liquor war. Thousands of people died in the two viscount families, but in the end both sides were injured.

The Harland family gave up the liquor market and lost its monopoly in the liquor industry. The Sisse family also did not make any profit and made a powerful enemy.

The three-year peace agreement between the two families will expire next year.

Now without the help of the Holland family, Richard would never renew the contract.

Three years are almost over, and the status of the Harland family and the Sisse family has changed greatly.

In the turmoil of the throne struggle last year, the Sisse family did not stand on the side of the victor, and its territory was reduced by half, and its title was reduced to baron. Now the strength of the Sisse family, although it still controls more than 100,000 people, is only a few points stronger than the baron family.

The Harland family stood on the side of the victor and developed extremely rapidly, adding more than 10,000 square kilometers of territory. Through means such as exchanging food for population and rescuing slaves captured by orcs, it increased its population by more than 70,000. In addition to the newborns in the past two years, by the end of the year, it has exceeded 146,000 people.

Once the three-year peace contract ends, according to Richard's character, he will definitely retaliate against the Sisse family.

At that time, the conflict between the two noble families will break out, which will be a matter of life and death for the Sisse family.

By September this year, the Sisse family had sent people everywhere to pass on the message that they were willing to apologize and nod in defeat, hoping to resolve the conflict with the Harland family.

The liquor trade can earn more than 10,000 gold coins every year, which was once the second most important income for the Harland Territory after steel. Now that the Sisse family has made a mess of it, Richard has spread the word that without compensation of 500,000 gold coins, the Harland family will not forget this hatred.

With the expiration of the three-year peace contract, the Harland and Sisse families are now divided into strong and weak.

Even if there is a territory between the two families, it is difficult to mobilize the army. The Harland family can also organize an elite professional team to attack members of the Sisse family and hunt down the senior officials of the Sisse territory.

In addition, it can also launch an all-round commercial attack to seize all the markets of the Sisse family.

In addition, Richard can also let a small army disguised as bandits, attack the villages in the Sisse family territory, burn food, and rob people.

In short, even if there is no direct territory war, the Harland family has enough means to control the Sisse family and make this family gradually decline.

The competition between nobles is so cruel.

The only thing to blame is that the Sisse family failed in political speculation and chose the wrong enemy.

Now that the Holland family has lost power, the Xisai family has lost the support of the nobles in the capital. It is impossible to continue to rely on the power of the capital to suppress the Harland family.

The relationship with the upper class cannot be established, and external forces cannot be used.

Baron Boy of Xisai summoned the high-level officials of the territory and said solemnly: "Now the Harland family has an army of more than 5,000 people, and there are Warcraft cavalry under their command. Their connections in the capital and the northern border are far more than ours. The strength comparison between the two sides has changed greatly. Resolving the conflict with the Harland family has become a fundamental issue for the survival of the Xisai family?

You all talk about how to resolve this conflict? My opinion is that everyone should come up with some funds. Whether it is to expand the army or compensate, the Xisai family must unite to overcome this difficulty."

After hearing this, David Xisai immediately said angrily: "Who caused all this? If you didn't push it behind the scenes, would Roning dare to buy off the people of the Harland family?

Now the liquor market has not made much, but it has made a powerful enemy for the family. This matter is handled If you don't manage it well, the Cisse family might be wiped out.

Last year, there was a civil war in the kingdom. What did I say? Don't get involved. But you just didn't listen to me. You had to follow Charlemagne, Harden and other remnants of the Venus family and get involved in the civil war in the kingdom. What was the result? King Roger won. Because we participated in the rebellion, half of our territory was taken away. If the territory was still there, even if our strength was weaker than that of the Harland family, the situation would not be as unbalanced as it is now.

The current miserable situation of the Cisse family, you are the patriarch of the Cisse family and the direct person responsible. Don't you need to take responsibility? You still have the face to call everyone to a meeting, let us take out money and work, and continue to let you sit on the throne and lead us? "

Davi is a fifth-level knight, just in his forties. Although his strength is weaker than Baron Cisse, he is younger than Baron Cisse.

In the past few years, Boyi relied on his righteousness and reputation to suppress Davi, and Davi dared not disobey his orders. In order to avoid being targeted by his uncle, Davey even joined the Wild Lion Legion early and expressed his intention not to compete for the heir to the territory.

However, in the past two years, Boyi has made a series of stupid moves, which has led to the demotion of the Cisse family and put the Cisse family in a very dangerous state.

Today, the Cisse Baron Boyi Cisse has lost his prestige in the family. Cisse family members like Davey don't want to listen to what he said.